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Corpse Grinder
12-24-2007, 02:06 AM
If you like bio-pics, then you'll love this movie! If you hate bio-pics, then you'll love this movie!! If "This Is Spinal Tap" and "A Mighty Wind" are up your alley, then this film is next door!!! I'll never watch "Walk the Line" again without Dewey Cox in my mind.

John C. Reilly is superb as Dewey, he plays him from age 14 (!) to 71 and channels Cash, Orbison, Elvis and Will Ferrell into performances that'll make you laugh your ass off-my left cheek is still at the theater!

If you have some knowledge of music history, then this will be even more of a delight from the obvious parodies and gags to the subtle-Planet Records subbing for Sun Records-to stars playing real characters like Frankie Muniz as Buddy Holly!

And where else can you see two Jacks of colors: Jack White as Elvis and Jack Black as Paul McCartney in the same movie?!?

Even the songs made me laugh, the lyrics are hysterical but they sound so perfect for the era when they were sung. I'm adding the soundtrack to my want list.

If you want to see the rise, fall, rise, fall and rise again kind of movie but don't want all that drama that befalls such shows (well, it does have a tragic beginning to set up the character, but don't they all? But the only tears you'll have are from all that laughing!), then this is it! If you love good ol' music from the '50's to the '70's, then you can't miss this! If you want to see if Lyle Lovett still has funky hair, then go! If you enjoy male frontal nudity in your face, then-uh, yeah, purchase that ticket! You won't be disappointed!

Rink
12-24-2007, 02:08 AM
Good sum up.

I saw previews for this movie and thought it would be one to see. Now I know I have to see it.

Thanks bro.

jackskellington
12-24-2007, 08:02 AM
Wanted BADLY to see this movie yesterday, or Sweeney Todd. My in-laws are in town along with my sister in-law and her fiance. For the last two days I've been asked repeatedly by my mother in law which movie I would like to go see if we all went to the theater. Everytime, I would reply that I wanted to see either Sweeney Todd or Walk Hard. Well, yesterday evening when we all decided to go to the theater, it was somehow automatically decided by everyone but me, that we were all going to see that National Treasure movie, which I had absolutely ZERO interest in seeing. I told the wife at the ticket window that they could go see what they wanted, but that I was going to see something else. Well, of course I got "the look" from her and knew then that this was gonna be an un-winable war. All the house guests are leaving tomorrow afternoon, though, so I made the wife promise that we were gonna go to the movies for the next three days and see the following:

Sweeney Todd
AvP: Requiem
Walk Hard

She says she doesn't have any problem with that proposal, but my guess is that she will. Guess I'll have to wait and see.:roll:

ZombiesAteMyDog
12-24-2007, 10:07 AM
Wanted BADLY to see this movie yesterday, or Sweeney Todd. My in-laws are in town along with my sister in-law and her fiance. For the last two days I've been asked repeatedly by my mother in law which movie I would like to go see if we all went to the theater. Everytime, I would reply that I wanted to see either Sweeney Todd or Walk Hard. Well, yesterday evening when we all decided to go to the theater, it was somehow automatically decided by everyone but me, that we were all going to see that National Treasure movie, which I had absolutely ZERO interest in seeing. I told the wife at the ticket window that they could go see what they wanted, but that I was going to see something else. Well, of course I got "the look" from her and knew then that this was gonna be an un-winable war. All the house guests are leaving tomorrow afternoon, though, so I made the wife promise that we were gonna go to the movies for the next three days and see the following:

Sweeney Todd
AvP: Requiem
Walk Hard

She says she doesn't have any problem with that proposal, but my guess is that she will. Guess I'll have to wait and see.:roll:

so how was national treasure ?

jackskellington
12-30-2007, 11:06 AM
so how was national treasure ?

National Treasure was alright. It's pretty much just like the first one. Now that the in-laws are out of town, I've been having a great week, (even though I'm sick as hell with a bad cold)! We went to see Sweeney Todd a few days ago and the wife just told me that we're going to see Walk Hard today at 12:30!!!

zombiekilling101
12-30-2007, 05:15 PM
I want to see this flick.. problem is convincing the gf... I will win.... I will... win

jackskellington
12-31-2007, 03:12 PM
Went yesterday afternoon and laughed my ass off!!! If you haven't seen "Walk the Line", then go rent it before you see this or else you won't get some of the humor. Then again, even if you don't see that, this is still a funny ass movie that'll keep you laughing from beginning to end! Can't wait for the DVD!

jackskellington
02-25-2008, 04:20 AM
APRIL 8TH DVD RELEASE!!!

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